W. N. Deramus, III v. Honorable W. L. (Jack) Thornton

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court denied the relator's petition for a writ of mandamus, holding that habeas corpus is the proper remedy for attacking a contempt judgment and that the contempt order was void for lack of evidentiary support. The Court emphasized longstanding Texas precedent that contempt judgments may be challenged only collaterally via habeas corpus.